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OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.

The newspapers of the country have been of one voice in the praise of Hau's MANUAL The following testimonials are a few of the hundreds of similar character.

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From the Suffolk Co. Mass.) Jovʻnal.
"Of its inestimable valse one cannot iize
fully without examining the work. Many of the
most eminent men in our country have given it
their unqualified praise, havi

it, and the general sentiment among them 16.
having once possessed it and best me an
with its worth, they could hardly be in
part with it at any price. Among those in this
section, of country are Gor, Gutin, Gov. Rize.
C. G. Atwood of the Boston Beard of Trade, G.
A. Somers, Esq., and many others. The lead-
ing educational men of our country speak of it
in the same terms of praise."

From the Fall River Mass.) Border
City Herald.

"HILL'S MANUAL OF SOCIAL AND BUSINESS
FORMS -This is a valuable new work of rea
excellence, and forms a manual comprehending
instructions and examples to guide the scholar,
the man of business, the teacher, and the genera.
public in every branch of enterprise over the wide
domain of human effort. The work is of the most
varied character, and supplies alike the wants of
the old and the demands of the young in every
phase of human life. We assure all who put
chise this work that a more elegant, useful, and
comprehensive volume of instructions and ex-
ampies, suiting all ages and conditions in life in
both sexes, has never been laid upon our tables."
From the Cambridge (Mass.) Chronicle.
“HILL'S MANUAL OF SOCIAL AND BUSINESS
FORMS' is one of the most useful volumes ever
placed upon the desk of a business or profes-
sional man, or upon the table of a drawing-room.
It is a perfect treasure of valuable and practical
information on social and business topics, which
are of immense importance to every one. The
items confined within the limits of the book em-,
brace instructions and guides for the city officer,
student, politician, clergyman, physician, clerk.
In fact, every person who is in business or
engaged in any calling whatever, will find infor-
mation as to the proper manner in which to
write any document entering into the various
social and business relations of life."

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IN THE MIDDLE STATES. IN THE WEST AND SOUTH

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From the Syracuse N. Y. Daily Journal.

It has often been remarked of individuals that they have forgotten more in a minute' than others have earned in a 1.ftime. Whether the remark is to be taken as a compliment to the former or a refection upon the latter, matters not particularly, since it is a well-known fact, and one most frequently and sincerely regretted by everybody, that thousands of little things that knowledge are hectutely forgotten and beyond contribute to daily pleasure, convenience or recall at the very moment when most they are needed. What heart harning, what vexation of spirit would be averted, what incalculable material benefits, even, would often accrue were there at our elbow some monitor, visible or invisible, embodying in its inexhaustible resources the multum in parto which forgetfai mortals

crave.

"Such a mentor, nearly if not altogether infallible, has been provided in 'H's Manual of Social and Business Forms and Guide to Correct Writing,' a copy of which lies before us, and the examination of which suggests the fitness of the above title. Its external appearance and internal composition fit it, in all respects, to be the guide of young and old, male and female, business man of whatever trade, calling or profession, and man of leisure, durce and scholar. 'Hi's Manual' best speaks for itself, for its compactness, brevity and comprehensiveness brings within its vers thousands upon thou sands of items of information in daily practical use, the topical enumeration of which, in the general index, occupies seven pages.

"The book is a marvel of patience and painstaking care. It is the work of years, and a triumph at last. No more useful book can be found in existence."

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From the Chicago Evening Post. "One of the most useft to lines that was ever had spoon the counting-room desk me the Crang-ke title, is H ́s Manuzi BasiDess Form It is a perfect treasury edre: a complete encyclopedia of practical in formation. Scanning the table of meters it

ing to anmceive how so much can be heen crowded into the confines of a single book impossible to believe that the hif which is there promised can be fulfid Biz neiz over the pages, one by one, observing the freight they bear, the method of its arrangement. its vinety and completeness, in reality is succeeded by astonishment and adminution work is a marvel of ingenuity and industry, a prodigy of patient and skillful labor.”

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The Preston Minn. Republican says:

"Hill's Manual, as a abole, is the outgrowth of many years of preparation, the che fet the author being to give in a concise form, and in one comper diam, much that has been heretetore inaccessible, and also much that could be obtained elsewhere only at great cost, this pacing this important information in convenient form for ready reference, within the reach of all. In the varied departments of practical, every-dav „fe, 'it will be found at once the faithful tutor, the reliable guide, and the safe adviser.

"For the business man or mechanic, the professional man or farmer, for every lady, the student, the young or old, and pre-eminently for the family, the work has never had its equal, as regards real practical utility.

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Meeting an existing want among all classes of people, the sale of the work at the present time, in proportion to the population, has rarely, if ever, been equaled by any other work, even in the most prosperous years of the last decade.'

From the Louisville Commercial. "HILL'S MANUAL-We learn that this useful book is meeting with the favor it so well deserves. It is a peculiar work, in the respect that no description will give a person a true idea of it, owing to the diversity of subjects treated; hence, only those who examine the work can really appreciate it. We are all, to some extent, specialists, having given more attention to some one line of business or study, leaving other matters of equal importance but partially covered; and just here this work will be found to meet a want which almost every one has felt. It cer tainly belongs to the list of articles which should be considered a necessity in every office and library, and is a helping hand to those of mature years."

COMMENDATIONS

FROM

DISTINGUISHED EDUCATORS AND EMINENT MEN.

O work of an educational character, of late years, has met with such universal approval from teachers and learned men as this. While the book is most warmly welcomed by the illiterate, it is equally sought for by the educated. Hundreds of testimonials from distinguished individuals might be given similar to the following:

From Samuel Fellows, ex-State Supt.
Pub. Schools, Wisconsin.

"I am highly delighted with the plan and execution of Hill's Manual."

From Prof. J. G. Cross, Principal of the Northwestern Business College, Naperville, Ill.

"It is a most valuable book, which ought to be multiplied as many times as there are families in the United States. I have adopted it as a book of daily reference for our business students."

From Theodore B. Boyd, Principal of the Louisville Commercial College.

"I have examined 'Hill's Manual of Social and Business Forms.' and am surprised at the amount of useful information contained in one volume. Prof. Hill seems to have studied the wants of every one. It is one of the most useful books that was ever laid upon the counting. room desk or the drawing-room table."

From D. S. Burns, Supt. Pub. Schools,
Harrisburg, Pa.

"I know of no work that contains so great a variety of valuable information on social and business topics as 'Hill's Manual of Social and Business Forms.' I think it a work of special value to those who have not had opportunities of an extended school course, or becoming familiar by contact with the conventionalities of society."

From Wm. Cornell, Supt. Pub. Schools in Fall River, Mass.

"I most cheerfully recommend "Hill's Manual of Social and Business Forms' as a very full work on the various Forms' which every person is likely to have occasion to use in his relations with persons in society. A thorough study of the book' by our young men and women would repay them by their acquiring a large fund of very valuable and practical knowledge from its pages. It should meet with a large circulation.'

From D. P. Lindsley, Author of Linds-
ley's System of Tachygraphy, Ando-
ver, Mass.

"Hill's Manual' is really the most compre-
hensive, thorough and elegant volume, treating
on Social and Business Forms,' that has ever
been issued in this country."

From Gov. Gaston, of Massachusetts.

"Hill's Manual of Social and Business
Forms' contains much valuable and useful in-
formation. I think it well meets a public want,
and can therefore be safely and properly com.
mended to public favor."

From President McCollister, of Buch-
tel College, Akron, Ohio.
"HILL'S MANUAL' is a timely book, meeting
a public want which has not been filled before.
Every family should own this book. It contains
information important and useful to all classes.
I feel all who examine it will want it."

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"After a THOROUGH AND CRITICAL EXAMINATION of 'Hill's Manual,' I have subscribed for From Wm. M. Cubery, of Cubery & Co., three copies: one to accompany Webster's UnaPublishers of the "Pacific Church-bridged Dictionary on my writing desk for my man," San Francisco, Cal. own use, the others for my two eldest great*It should be in the possesgrandsons. * * sion of every class of persons, from the young student to the most active business man or JARED P. KIRTLAND.

"Hill's Manual of Social and Business
Forms' is not only a luxury, but a necessity
eminently serviceable in the social circle, and
indispensable to the man of business who
would save time and money.
in my counting-room for ready reference."

I keep a copy

From Stephen Walkley, Treasurer of
the Peck, Stow & Wilcox Co., South-
ington, Conn.

"Hill's Manual is remarkable as containing a
great variety of forms for numberless little things
which all people have to do at sometime in their
lives, but which most people do so seldom that
they entirely forget the methods in ordinary use,
and do them awkwardly or not at all. I have
known even well-educated persons travel one or
two miles to have a subscription paper drawn,
just for the lack of such a book as this. I am
surprised at the great scope of the work, and
have yet to discover any social or business form
needed by people in the ordinary walks of life
which is not there given."

From Newton Bateman, ex-State Supt.
of Public Schools, Illinois.

From M. M. Ballou, Distinguished Au-
thor, formerly Publisher of "Boston
Globe," "Ballou's Monthly," etc.
"Hill's Manual' is one of those indispensa-
ble books of reference which both business men
and families should always have at hand. It is
such a natural outgrowth of the spirit of the
age to condense and put in available form im-
portant information upon every subject, that,
while we are much gratified to possess this vol
ume, we are also surprised that such a book has
not before been produced. It is exactly what its
title indicates, a book of 'Social and Business
Forms'; but it would require too much space to
give even a synopsis of this valuable compen-
dium of instruction and important knowledge." i to be acquainted."

"KNOX COLLEGE, GALESBURG, ILL.
"Hill's Manual of Social and Business
Forms' is the best and most complete work of
the kind that has yet fallen under my notice.
Indeed I do not see how it could well be more
comprehensive and exhaustive in respect to the
matters of which it treats. It contains, in com-
paratively small compass, an immense amount
of useful information upon a great variety of
practical matters, general and special, with
which every person in every community ought

woman."

President Grant Subscribes. The agent of Hill's Manual at Long Branch writes: "By ten A. M. I was at the president's cottage, tipped and doffed my hat, announced my business, when the president promptly said he did not want to subscribe. I obtained permission to show it to him, and did so very hurriedly. At the conclusion, he took my specimen copy, paid me the cash, and added his name to my autograph book."

From Major Merwin, Editor "American
Journal of Education," St. Louis.

"After having given Hill's Manual' a very careful and thorough examination, I do not hesitate to say that it will be found one of the most

useful and practical works to put into the schools IS A FIT AND ALMOST INDISPENSABLE COMPANION of the country that has ever been published. Ir TO WEBSTER'S UNABRIDGED DICTIONARY; containing in a compact form just those things every person who transacts any business needs to know. There is scarcely a subject which comes within the purview of any individual, either in public or private life, but what is explained in this elegant volume. If it could be consulted in the drawing up of contracts, nearly all the mistakes which occur might be avoided, and the ill feeling and litigation growing out of misunderstandings would be a thing of the past. I wish every person in the State could be supplied with a copy."

SOLD ONLY BY SUBSCRIPTION, and not at Bookstores. AGENTS WANTED. Address, for terms, HILL STANDARD BOOK CO., Publishers,

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No. 103 State Street, CHICAGO, ILL.

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HE PURPOSE of HILL'S ALBUM has been to present in a condensed form the leading and essential facts concerning the lives of the most noted persons who have ever lived.

The Plan has been followed of arranging distinct classes together. Thus the great Religious Founders, including Moses, Buddha, Confucius, Zoroaster, Christ, Mohammed and others, accompanied by fine illustrations, biographies, History and Beliefs of Denominations, Dictionary of Religious Terms, etc., are included in one chapter. The Great Military Heroes at all times, including Wellington, Bonaparte, Washington, Grant and many others, together with a list of memorable battles fought, a Dictionary of Military Terms, etc., form another chapter, and so through the volume.

The Lessons drawn from these biographies as they are presented, are of themselves a peculiar feature of this work. In the histories of the Rothschilds, the Astors, Vanderbilt, Girard, Peabody, A. T. Stewart, Jay Gould, Longworth, Mackey, Flood and others, the secret of their success in money-getting is very clearly stated, so that the reader desirous of making money may greatly profit by the reading. And thus throughout the volume the causes that led to success, in whatever direction, is very clearly pointed out. Much light under this head is given in the chapter devoted to phrenology.

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The Examples presented through the struggles of inventors, including Howe, Goodyear, Stephenson, Watt, and multitudes of others celebrated for triumphs in war, finance, exploration, science, literature and art, are worthy of careful study and imitation by the young who aspire to supremacy.

General Matter. The chapters relating to the History and Beliefs of the Great Denominations; the Illustrated Darwinian Philosophy, showing the world's progress at different epochs of time; the department devoted to Astronomy, presenting the subject in simple language, clearly illustrated; the chapter relating to Phrenology, accompanied by views and diagrams of heads; the portion concerning Household Decoration and that treating of Landscape Gardening, all profusely illustrated, are each intensely interesting and instructive.

The Scope of the work it is impossible to enumerate here; suffice it to say eleven pages are devoted to giving the table of contents. The range of the work includes the men who have formed the religious beliefs, that have been brilliant lights in the commercial world, that have wrought great improvements, that have discovered new continents, that have opened the book of science, that have made the people happy through laughter, that have written our sweetest songs, that have produced the most thrilling tales, that have presented the world the most truthful portraitures with the brush and chisel, and that have stirred the hearts of the people through powerful oratory.

The Typographic Display of the ALBUM is a distinguishing feature of the book. In elegant, artistic finish it is without a rival, the secret of its superior embellishment lying in the fact that the power to produce the book mechanically rests with the author, who, by his knowledge of the artistic, is able to produce the matter in such attractive form.

SOLD BY SUBSCRIPTION ONLY. ACENTS WANTED.

HE book is published by the Hill Standard Book Co., in Chicago, Ill., on heavy tinted super-calendered paper, in various styles of elegant binding. Full information concerning terms to agents, territory in which they may sell the book, etc., can be learned by addressing

HILL STANDARD BOOK CO., Publishers,

103 State Street, CHICAGO, ILL.

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The following are from papers published at Aurora, Ill., where the author of the ALBUM resided twelve years, during the last of which he was Mayor of the city.

From the Aurora Beacon.

HE business career of Mr. Thos. E. Hill, who was at one time a resident of Aurora, and mayor of the city, has been very successful, and some have been inclined to think it the result of good luck. Every enterprise of which he took hold seemed to turn him money, and schemes which would have been abortive in the hands of ordinary men blossomed into rare success under his management. The same good fortune follows him and his enterprises to this day. There is no "luck" in it at all. It grows first from his intense industry, energy and application; second from his enthusiasm; and third from his keen appreciation of what the public desires, drawn from long contact with it and close study. In his youth he was eminently successful as a canvasser, as a teacher of writing and lecturer on penmanship. In Aurora, for a number of years he published and edited the Herald with great success. When he sold his newspaper, and established the system of city messenger, which has since become so popular between minor cities and Chicago, he exploited new ground which was for a time very profitable; and it was during the hours when he was passing between Aurora and Chicago, that he conceived and did the first work upon the "Manual," that splendid product of the brain, of the com piler, the printer and the book-binder, which has made Thos. E. Hill's name familiar from the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans, and from Minnesota to Florida.

"For two years or more past, Mr. Hill has been of opinion that there existed room for another work besides the "Manual," which should be equally popular and useful-and meet a demand as universal as that enjoyed by his first great work. He has devoted a large amount of labor and inventive genius to the accomplishment of his ideal, and we now have it before us in "HILL'S ALBUM OF BIOGRAPHY AND ART." It is a large quarto volume of 327 pages, printed upon heavy tinted paper, with hundreds of fine portraits, miscellaneous illustrations, unique, artistic and elegant designs. its preparation he has called to his aid the most modern and refined skill of the type-maker, engraver and typographer, and he has thus, in the "ALBUM," surpassed, in artistic and typographical display, all his former efforts.

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"The new work is divided into eighteen departments, as follows: 1st, Religion and its Founders; 2d, Military Chieftains and Famous Battles; 3d, Discoverers and Explorers; 4th, Sketches of Leading Inventors; 5th, History of Financiers; 6th, Sketches of the Scientists; 7th, the Theory of Progression; 8th, Astronomical Science; 9th, Phrenology and Science of Mind; 10th, Humorists and Caricaturists; 11th, Physicians, Lawyers and Sovereigns; 12th, Orators and Statesmen; 13, Actors and Play Writers; 14th, Historians, Novelists, Essayists, etc.; 15th, Poets and Song Writers; 16th, Painters and

Sculptors; 17th, Household Ornamentation; 18th, Beautiful Homes. Under these heads are given very many beautiful engravings of men, incidents and places, with sketches, biographical and pertinent, interspersed with very many things valuable to every person who would be reasonably well informed. We doubt if there is any one volume where so much useful information of the kind is gathered, and certainly there is none where it is put in more methodical form, or presented in a manner so pleasing to the eye and taste."

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From the Aurora Blade.

"Every page of HILL'S ALBUM is a model of typography and originality, each differing from the other in mechanical construction, and each succeeding leaf a surprise from an artistic standpoint. The question one asks, instinctively, is, how can a man conceive so many elegant designs? The contents of the book, however, are what prove its most forcible recommendation. The name of the author of this valuable work, Hon. Thomas E. Hill, is in itself enough to recommend it to all. Our readers are advised to examine the book carefully when they have the opportunity.

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From the Aurora Herald.

HILL'S ALBUM OF BIOGRAPHY AND ART,' is the name of a new book by Hon. Thos. E. Hill, author of "Hill's Manual of Social and Business Forms." It is gotten up very much after the style of the Manual, but more elaborate and expensive, as nearly every page has some engraving especially for it. The title of the book does not give any adequate idea of the immense amount of information it contains. We suppose it is called an ALBUM because of the many pictures it contains, but in addition thereto it contains short biographical sketches of distinguished men, from the time of Moses and Aaron down to the present. It gives a sketch of Moses, with his portrait, and an outline of his teachings; of Buddha, portrait and doctrines, also the same of Confucius, Jesus Christ, Mohammed, Swedenborg, Andrew Jackson Davis, and Joseph Smith, and an outline of the belief of the different Christian denominations. It also gives sketches and portraits of numerous warriors, inventors, financiers, scientists, actors, humorists, explorers, poets, lawyers, doctors, statesmen, orators, artists, etc., and gives as much about each as most people would care to remember. It is, in short, a complete library in one volume, and must have been the work of years to gather the information and put it in this condensed form. Of the typographical excellence it is unnecessary to speak, as all know that whatever Mr. Hill undertakes in that line, is done in the best style known to the art. We know of no other book which has so many new and original designs." [OVER]

From the People and the Press in General.

The Universal Testimony is that Hill's Album is one of the Most Unique, Elegant and Useful Books in the World. Read the Verdict.

"One of the Most Instructive and Entertaining Books."

[From Rev. H. W. Thomas, Chicago.]

THINK Hill's Album is one of the most instructive and entertaining books I ever saw."

"Most Fascinatingly Interesting."

[From the Passaic (N. J.) Item.] "We know of no volume so comprehensive in its information as this, and arranged in such a manner as to be most fascinatingly interesting."

"The Most Beautiful and Complete."

[From the Chicago Inter-Ocean] "One of the most beautiful and complete books of the year. Not only is it wholly creditable as a fine specimen of the printer's art, but the elegant, unique and artistic designs are worthy of special commendation. But the value of the book is in its reading contents, and the admirable system and method of its arrangement. The anthor is the Hon. Thomas E. Hill, author of Hill's Manual of Social and Business Forms,' another of the practical books. The book, under many headings, gleans the most interesting and valuable acts of history bearing upon the subject."

"We Have Examined it and Were Captured."

[From the Sandwich (Ill.) Argus.]

"Hill's Album' is a wonder of art and industry. We have examined it and were captured. Mr. Hill made a great success of his Manual,' and this work gives evidence of his old-time industry and thoroughness. It is full of information upon matters of science, art, architecture, mechanics, biography, religion, etc., and is embellished and illustrated in the highest perfection. The amount of persistent labor needed for Mr. Hill to accomplish this perfect 'Album,' is as wonderful as the skill shown in gathering in so small a compass the pith of the world's history."

Must be Largely Sought and Highly Prized."

[From the Penman's Art Journal, New York.]

"The subject-matter of the work, in its extent and skillful manner of presentation, bears unmistakable evidence of great labor and profound research, as well as a liberal expenditure of money on the part of the author. The embellishments are upon a scale most liberal and excellent in taste. The work, as a whole, is one that must be largely sought and highly prized by all classes, not alone as a handbook of valuable and interesting information, but as a beautiful and appropriate ornament for the parlor or drawing-room. It is a fitting companion of Hill's Manual,' which has proved the most popular and ready-selling work of its day, having already reached its thirtieth edition, and into the hundreds of thousands of copies sold. Like the Manual,' the new work is to be sold only on subscription, through agents."

"It is a Marvel." [From the Chicago Tribune.]

"In the preparation of a work like this a vast amount of labor was required, and it is a marvel that the author was able to condense so much valuable information into so little space."

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"Extreme Beauty, Wise Brevity and Charming Variety." [From Rev. J. B. Lockwood, Mt. Joy, Pa.] "Extreme beauty, wise brevity, charming variety and practical utility are some of the evident characteristics of this second venture in book-making by Mr. Hill. We predict an immense demand for the Album. In the drawing-room it will be an elegant ornament; in the sitting-room an entertaining companion; in the study a handy volume of biographical reference. Like its predecessor - the Manual-it will be a special educator in the family, and will largely aid in promoting intelligent citizenship in the community."

"One of the Most Valuable Works to Place in a Family." [From the Chicago Youths' Examiner.]

"We supposed when we saw Hill's Manual of Social and Business Forms,' we saw as fine a work as was ever issued in this country, and were not satisfied until the work was numbered among our books. As we examine the new book, now before us, by Hon. Thos. E. Hill, we feel how unequal we are to the task of giving the work anything like the description it deserves, in a notice of this character. Nothing but a personal examination will give even a fair idea of its merits. We can honestly say that it is one of the most valuable works to place in a family that it has ever been our pleasure to examine."

"Far Ahead of Anything Ever Issued of Like Nature."
[From the Joliet (III.) Signal.]

"It is dedicated to those striving for excellence in the various departments of human action, and who would know how others have won success. It comprises eighteen different departments, and it is a model, not only for the vast number of interesting subjects treated upon, and the conciseness and brevity of the articles and amount of useful and desirable information contained, but for the beauty of its typography and the charming manner in which the subjects are grouped and illustrated. It is far ahead of anything ever issued of like nature, and is an elegant and attractive volume for any parlor or library."

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